ABM grows its sports-arena portfolio with Atlanta Braves janitorial contract

Dive Brief:

Integrated facility management company ABM is taking over janitorial services at Truist Park, the 41,000-seat home field of Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves, the company announced.
The company’s system for tracking and communicating with cleaning staff is a value-added part of the contract, according to ABM’s press release. The company is “deploying technology-enabled communication tools that include live translation capabilities to help streamline communication among a diverse event workforce, along real-time location functionality to enhance team coordination and visibility across the venue,” ABM says.
Atlanta-based CleanWell Services has been providing commercial cleaning solutions to the Atlanta Braves since at least 2021, according to a company video and Facebook post. The company didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on whether it continues to provide services to the team.

Dive Insight:

New York City-based ABM provides services to more than 100 sports-related venues, according to the company. With its Truist Park contract, ABM has grown its professional baseball portfolio to 10 teams and their stadiums, including the Philadelphia Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park and the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Chase Field.

“Organizations are looking for experienced partners that can help deliver consistent, high-quality venue operations at scale,” Valerie Burd, ABM’s president of business & industry, said in the company’s announcement.

The 1.1 million-square-foot Truist Park arena hosts about 3 million people and about 150-200 events a year, according to ABM.

The company provides parking, engineering, HVAC and other types of building services, but it started out as a cleaning company and that remains one of its core services, ABM says. On its website, it says it’s developed operating procedures and proprietary processes that enable it to provide cleaning services efficiently without reducing quality.